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6:35 PM ET, October 26, 2006

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Richard Shears / Daily Mail:
Outrage as Muslim cleric likens women to 'uncovered meat'  —  A Muslim cleric's claim that women who do not wear the veil are like 'uncovered meat' who attract sexual predators sparked outrage around Australia yesterday.  —  Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, the nation's most senior Muslim cleric …
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Richard Kerbaj / The Australian:
Mufti outrages Muslims over sex comments  —  AUSTRALIA'S Muslims yesterday turned on their leader, Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, amid calls for him to be sacked as the nation's mufti for blaming women for inciting rape.  —  Sheik Hilali was universally condemned by mainstream politicians …
Jeremy Roberts / The Australian:
Media blamed for Islam bias
Discussion: IMAO
Business Wire:
Voters Increase Support for Stem Cell Research After Viewing Michael J. Fox Ad  —  Republicans' Support for Republican House Candidates Declines  —  FLEMINGTON, N.J.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—A new national study revealed that American voters' support for stem cell research increased after they viewed …
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Roger Friedman / Fox News:
PATRICIA HEATON: NOT EVERYONE LOVES MICHAEL J. FOX
David W. Chen / New York Times:
New Jersey Court Backs Full Rights for Gay Couples  —  Cindy Meneghin, right, and her partner, Maureen Kilian, heard about the New Jersey Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage Wednesday at their lawyer's office in Newark.  With them was Sarah, left, their daughter.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"Dems Dodge Big Gay Bullet?"  —  Says ... asks ... Mickey Kaus: … That is, we don't have the instant spectacle of people suddenly going to New Jersey to get married.  (Going to New Jersey to get married sounds like the least cutting-edge thing in the world to do, doesn't it?
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush signs U.S.-Mexico border fence bill  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to give Republican candidates a pre-election platform for asserting they're tough on illegal immigration.
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Senator Bill Frist:
Secure Fence Act Signed by the President
Norah O'Donnell / MSNBC:
GOP retires 'Playboy' ad in Tennessee  —  Day after Mehlman defended anti-Ford spot, party says it's 'run its course' … Norah O'Donnell  —  The Republican National Committee said Wednesday it was taking off the air an attack ad that critics said was a racial slur against Democratic …
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Peter Bergen / New York Times:
What Osama Wants  —  THE French saying, often attributed to Talleyrand, that "this is worse than a crime, it's a blunder," could easily describe America's invasion of Iraq.  But for the United States to pull entirely out of that country right now, as is being demanded by a growing chorus of critics …
MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Oct. 24, 5 p.m.  —  Guests: Harold Ford, Howard Fineman, Chris Cillizza, Tony Snow, Ed Rogers, Hillary Rosen, Jim Talent  —  CHRIS MATTHEWS, MSNBC ANCHOR: Tonight let's hear from the big noises.  In a few minutes I'll ask Tony Snow whether President Bush …
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Ibon Villelabeitia / Reuters:
Five US troops killed in Iraq as Bush under fire  —  Source: Reuters  —  The military said on Thursday five more American troops were killed in Iraq, bringing the U.S. death toll for October to 96, as President George W. Bush sought to deflect mounting election-year pressure over the war.
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
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Katherine Kersten / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Airport taxi flap about alcohol has deeper significance  —  The airport taxi controversy may go deeper than the quandary over whether to accommodate Somali Muslim cabdrivers who refuse to carry passengers carrying alcohol.  Behind the scenes, a struggle for power and religious authority is apparently playing out.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
In Iraq, Journalist Richard Engel Sticks to the Story  —  NBC Correspondent Has Made War Coverage His Life  —  NEW YORK — After struggling for years to make it as a Middle East journalist, Richard Engel was living in Cairo, married to his college girlfriend and itching for a new adventure.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and The Corner
Tom Zeller Jr / New York Times:
A New Campaign Tactic: Manipulating Google Data  —  If things go as planned for liberal bloggers in the next few weeks, searching Google for "Jon Kyl," the Republican senator from Arizona now running for re-election, will produce high among the returns a link to an April 13 article from The Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly.
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Connecticut Crucible for a War Debate  —  When the three candidates in Connecticut's celebrated Senate race met for their final debate on Monday night in New London, only one of them appeared to be having a good time.  —  It was not Ned Lamont, the tense and fidgety businessman who had captured …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
KENNEDY SURGING  —  Last Friday, we posted Mark Kennedy's new television ad, which takes the Iraq war head-on.  We expected it to be effective, and it has been.  The Kennedy campaign has just finished its latest round of polling, and the new ad, combined with Kennedy's matchless work ethic …
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Schmidt angry to see 'cowards' speech in TV ad  —  Political Notebook  —  Rep. Jean Schmidt blasted Democrat Victoria Wulsin on Wednesday for allegedly breaking a U.S. House rule that prohibits using the broadcast of House floor proceedings in campaign ads.
Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
British troops in Iraq likely to be halved after success  —  The number of British troops serving in Iraq will be halved early next year after commanders on the ground yesterday claimed to have reached the "tipping point" in defeating insurgents in the southern city of Basra.
Discussion: EU Referendum and Whiskey Bar
Matt Miller / Fortune:
Revolt of the fairly rich  —  Today's lower upper class is seething about the ultrawealthy.  —  (Fortune Magazine) — Not long ago an investment banker worth millions told me that he wasn't in his line of work for the money.  "If I was doing this for the money," he said, with no trace of irony, "I'd be at a hedge fund."
Discussion: The Street Light, Vox Baby and EconLog
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Love Me, I'm a Journalist  —  A PROFESSION'S ROMANCE WITH ITSELF.  —  On Monday, I singled out Tim Rutten of the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz as I admonished journalists for overreacting to staff cuts at newsrooms around the country.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Rights Group Fires Publisher of Foley E-Mail  —  A liberal gay rights group said Wednesday that one of its employees, acting anonymously, had created the Web site that first published copies of unusually solicitous e-mail messages to teenagers from former Representative Mark Foley, which led to his resignation.
David Segal / Washington Post:
Atheist Evangelist  —  In His Bully Pulpit, Sam Harris Devoutly Believes That Religion Is the Root of All Evil  —  NEW YORK There are really just two possibilities for Sam Harris.  Either he is right and millions of Christians, Muslims and Jews are wrong.  Or Sam Harris is wrong and he is so going to hell.
Bill Turque / Washington Post:
An Ascent Shadowed By Questions on Race  —  In February 2004, Sen. George Allen was on a bus taking him from Birmingham to Selma, Ala. On a video screen in front of him was "Eyes on the Prize," the acclaimed documentary chronicling the civil rights movement.
CNN:
Poll: Most feel civil liberties not harmed by war on terror  —  (CNN) — Most Americans do not believe the Bush administration has gone too far in restricting civil liberties as part of the war on terror, a new CNN poll released Thursday suggests.  —  While 39 percent of the 1,013 poll respondents …
Discussion: Hot Air and Stop The ACLU
The Blotter:
Trandahl Names Kolbe as a 'Problem' With Page Program, Source Says  —  Rhonda Schwartz and John Yang Report:  —  A source close to former House Clerk Jeff Trandahl told ABC News that Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) was one of a small number of "problem members" …
 
 
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Ben Adler / TAPPED:
BUT HE STARTED IT.  I've long been of the opinion, in all seriousness …